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Planning Manager

Planning Manager

tdm recruitment • Northampton, England, United Kingdom
6 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Our client, a leading strategic land promoter, is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join their growing team, taking a lead role in progressing sites through the planning system from allocation to consent.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the preparation and submission of outline and detailed planning applications for strategic residential-led sites
  • Manage multi-disciplinary consultant teams (highways, ecology, landscape, heritage, drainage) to deliver planning strategies on time and on budget
  • Promote sites through Local Plan processes, including Call for Sites submissions, Regulation 18/19 representations, and Examination in Public participation
  • Build and maintain relationships with Local Planning Authorities, Members, and key stakeholders to de-risk and accelerate consents
  • Negotiate Section 106 agreements and CIL matters alongside legal and commercial colleagues
  • Instruct and manage Counsel and expert witnesses for public inquiries and hearings where required
  • Monitor planning policy changes (NPPF, local plan reviews) and assess implications for the land portfolio
  • Support land acquisition teams with planning due diligence and site appraisal for new opportunities
  • Present planning strategies and risk assessments to internal investment committees
  • Mentor junior planners and contribute to the wider team's technical development


Experience & Requirements:

  • Degree in Town Planning or related discipline; RTPI membership (or working towards) preferred
  • 5+ years' post-qualification experience, ideally within a land promotion, housebuilder, or planning consultancy environment
  • Demonstrable track record of securing consents on strategic sites (100+ units)
  • Strong working knowledge of Local Plan processes and plan-making
  • Experience presenting at Planning Committee and/or Public Inquiry
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills, comfortable engaging with council officers, elected members, and communities
  • Commercially minded, with an understanding of viability and land value implications of planning strategy
  • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the site portfolio


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